Nation Feb 25 Most Reddit users rely on the site as a news source The self-described "front page of the Internet" may have a smaller user base than Facebook and Twitter, but for most Reddit users, the site's curated message boards are a go-to source for news, according to a new study released Thursday.
Science Feb 23 Extreme heat waves may occur yearly by 2075 Future heat waves will become hotter and more frequent across the globe if measures aren’t take to cap greenhouse gas emissions, the National Center for Atmospheric Research announced Tuesday.
Arts Feb 22 Study: Hollywood remains ‘straight, white, boy’s club’ A new study released Monday found that the film and television industries are “largely whitewashed” and severely lacks representation for women, people of color and LGBT individuals.
Science Feb 20 How the Nazi’s defense of ‘just following orders’ plays out in the mind Stanley Milgram’s famous electric-shock experiments tackled whether a person could be coerced into behaving heinously, but new research released Thursday offers one explanation as to why. Turns out, people actually feel disconnected from their actions when they comply with orders,…
Arts Feb 19 Harper Lee, author of American classic ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ dead at 89 Pulitzer Prize winning author Harper Lee died Friday at the age of 89. Lee wrote the beloved 1960 novel "To Kill a Mockingbird."…
Nation Feb 17 CJ the German shorthaired pointer wins Best in Show at Westminster A German shorthaired pointer named CJ was appointed top dog Tuesday night at the nation’s most prestigious dog competition.
Health Feb 15 Viagra Rx would require wives’ consent in proposed Kentucky bill A Kentucky legislator has introduced a bill that would require men to get signed permission from their spouses and visit a doctor twice before they could receive drugs for erectile dysfunction.
Science Feb 15 How many people does it take to keep a conspiracy alive? The Apollo 11 moon landing was one giant leap for mankind, but a string of conspiracy theories have since tried to ground the 1969 spaceflight as a staged production on a Hollywood backlot. The false claims range loud enough that…
Nation Feb 01 Justice Department opens probe into San Francisco’s police practices Federal investigators opened a probe into the fatal police shooting of Mario Woods, a black man, in San Francisco, the Justice Department announced Monday.
Arts Feb 01 ‘The Oregon Trail’ could have used a Native American viewpoint, co-creator says One of the three co-creators of “The Oregon Trail,” took to Reddit on Monday to field questions on the video game, which introduced scores of school children to the trials and tribulations of pioneer life in America, including bouts with…